Tuesday, November 26, 1996 · America West Arena
Rangers 3 at Coyotes 1
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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7:29
Mark Messier (10) PPG Alex Kovalev (10), Bruce Driver (9) NYR 1 – 0 PHX
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12:44
Mark Messier (11) Jeff Beukeboom (2), Brian Leetch (19) NYR 2 – 0 PHX
2nd Period
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19:03
Keith Tkachuk (7) Cliff Ronning (3) NYR 2 – 1 PHX
3rd Period
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19:46
Mark Messier (12) Adam Graves (9) NYR 3 – 1 PHX
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Messier C | 3 | 0 | 9 | +1 | 3.08 |
| Adam Graves L | 0 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 1.15 |
| Jeff Beukeboom D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 0.93 |
| Brian Leetch D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0.85 |
| Alex Kovalev R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.70 |
| Bruce Driver D | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 0.70 |
| Luc Robitaille L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Ulf Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Daniel Goneau L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Brian Noonan R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Patrick Flatley R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sergei Nemchinov L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Christian Dube C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Niklas Sundstrom R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Doug Lidster D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Wayne Gretzky C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Darren Langdon L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | W | 38 | 37 | 1 | .974 | 60:00 | 2.95 |
Phoenix Coyotes
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Tkachuk L | 1 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0.98 |
| Cliff Ronning C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Bob Corkum C | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0.30 |
| Mike Gartner R | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.23 |
| Oleg Tverdovsky D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Mike Stapleton C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Kris King L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Chad Kilger L | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.15 |
| Teppo Numminen D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Mike Hudson C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Deron Quint D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Mike Eastwood C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Darrin Shannon L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brad McCrimmon D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Craig Janney C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Dave Manson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Jeff Finley D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Jim McKenzie L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Khabibulin | L | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 59:41 | 1.50 |